California Republican seeks dismissal of case against him or recusal of U.S. Attorney’s office.
Just The News: Former GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter is asking a U.S. court to dismiss the federal corruption case against him, arguing that prosecutors attended a political fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and falsely justified their presence as “official business.”
Hunter, a California Republican, was indicted in August 2018 on 60 federal charges related to the misuse of more than $200,000 in campaign funds.
He pleaded guilty in December 2019 to one count of conspiracy to misuse the funds and faces a maximum five years in prison, but he is expected to receive a lighter sentence because of his guilty plea. Hunter resigned from office in January.
The motion to dismiss was filed Tuesday by Hunter’s attorney in the U.S. Court for the Southern District of California.
The 29-page motion asks that the case either be dismissed or that the entire office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California recuse itself, as a result of “the appearance of impropriety” by two assistant U.S. attorneys prosecuting the case.
The motion, scheduled for review on March 17, suggests prosecutors Alana Robinson and Emily Allen engaged in a conflict of interest when they attended a fundraiser for Clinton in August 2015, after the former first lady had declared her candidacy for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. more here
I think they have a long row to hoe to get this case tossed on that basis. Having said that, charging him with “misuse of campaign funds” is clearly selective enforcement, since likely 99% of congressional Democrats are guilty of that.
@Tony R yes you’re probably correct, but don’t let those lying, sewage swilling, deep state, rodent prosecutors walk away without charges leveled at them.
Why do the R’s get convicted, yet the D’s go free?